Authorities pulled a man from a white SUV in southwest Albuquerque Thursday after a nearly three-hour standoff in which police had guns drawn.

Authorities pulled a man from a white SUV in southwest Albuquerque Thursday after a nearly three-hour standoff in which police had guns drawn.

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Updated: 5:58 PM MDT May 29, 2015

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WEBVTT I WILL HAVE MORE COMING UP. TODD: A DRAMATIC SCENE IN SOUTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE. THIS VIDEO SHOWS THE END OF A VERY TENSE STAND-OFF BETWEEN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE, AND A 20-YEAR-OLD MAN. POLICE SAY THE PERSON YOU SEE BEING CARRIED OFF. TRIED TO RUN A SERGEANT OVER WEDNESDAY NIGHT, AND THEN AGAIN . AND LAST NIGHT IT ALL CAME TO AN END AT 62ND AND TRUJILLO. WITHIN THE HOUR WE'VE LEARNED TEN APD OFFICERS ARE NOW ON LEAVE, THOUGH POLICE AREN'T YET SURE IF ALL OF THEM FIRED THEIR GUNS. KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER AARON HILF HAS MORE NEW DETAILS, AND AN UPDATE ON THE SUSPECT'S CONDITION. AARON: A MANGLED FENCE NOW SITS AT THE CORNER OF 62-ND STREET AND TRUJILLO IN SOUTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FILLED WITH POLICE JUST A DAY EARLIER, ALL BECAUSE OF THIS MAN, 20-YEAR-OLD RODRIGO GARCIA. SKY 7 GAVE YOU A BIRD'S EYE VIEW THURSDAY OF THE DANGEROUS SITUATION. THERE WERE BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. THEY WERE FIRING A LOT OF SHOTS. AND THEN THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMOTION. AARON: POLICE SAY GARCIA WAS SHOT BY APD AFTER HE USED THIS STOLEN, WHITE SUV AS A WEAPON. HE WAS TRYING TO RUN OVER THE POLICE OFFICER, THE APD OFFICER, AND THEY STARTED FIRING AT HIM. THERE WERE MULTIPLE BULLETS MAN, GOING, BOOM BOOM. I JUMPED AND THEN I GOT SCARED AND I STARTED CRYING. AARON: POLICE USED A FLASHBANG GRENADE BEFORE PULLING GARCIA OUT OF THE SUV. THIS, JUST ANOTHER MARK IN A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY WITH MORE THAN HALF A DOZEN ARRESTS. POLICE SAY GARCIA IS STILL IN HOSPITAL AND UNDERWENT SURGERY LAST NIGHT. IF YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN THE BULLET HOLES IN THE SUV, THERE WAS QUITE A FEW OF THEM. AARON: THE APD OFFICER THAT WAS HIT BY THE CAR WAS ALSO TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT IS EXPECTED TO BE OK. KENNETH CUTRER SAYS IT WAS A CRAZY SCENE. I WAS LIKE TRIPPING OUT. I WAS JUST LIKE, WOW MAN. AARON: WHAT STARTED AS A STOLEN CAR, ENDING WITH SHOTS FIRED. AN INCIDENT THE 20-YEAR-OLD WON'T SOON FORGET. WE SPOKE TO CHIEF GORDON EDEN JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO. HE SAYS RODRIGO GARCIA IS NOW IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION. THE CHIEF SAYS HE WILL FACE SEVERAL FELONY CHARGES. I'LL HAVE MORE ON GARCIA AND HIS PREVIOUS RUN-INS WITH THE LAW, COMING UP AT 6:00. LIVE IN DOWNTOWN AARON HILF KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. ROYALE: IT WAS A BUSY DAY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE WAS A SECOND POLICE SCENE ONLY A BLOCK AWAY FROM YESTERDAY'S SHOOTING. OUR CAMERAS WERE ROLLING AS APD ORDERED SEVERAL PEOPLE OUT OF A HOME AT 63RD STREET AND TRUJILLO. THIS WAS ALL GOING ON WHILE POLICE DEALT WITH THE SUSPECT SHOT BY OFFICERS, TODAY, CHIEF EDEN TOLD US A WOMAN THEY LED OUT OF THAT HOUSE, WAS INSIDE THE SUV BEFORE THE SHOOTING. THEY'RE NOT YET SURE IF SHE'LL FACE ANY CHARGES YET. THE OTHER PEOPLE TAKEN FROM THE HOME ARE NOT FACING CHARGES IN CONNECTION TO THE STOLEN

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Authorities pulled a man from a white SUV in southwest Albuquerque Thursday after a nearly three-hour standoff in which police had guns drawn.